Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	authority_n	king_n	subject_n	1,333	5	6.6132	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33120	A short exhortation and warning, to the ministers and professours of this Kirk from the Commission of the Generall Assemblie.	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.	1651 (1651)	Wing C4259A; ESTC R40839	5,228	9

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